A/N: Hey, Ender here. So this is going to be a selection of winter themed one shots, and I will do my best to put out one per day for the twelve days. Anyway, on with the first story!

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Minecraft

Story 1: Snow

Summary: When Ender wants to see something that she has only heard of in stories, Shadow is more than happy to oblige, even if it's not all that beneficial.

Shadow's POV

"Shadow, what's snow?" a small voice asked from the edge of my room. Slightly startled to hear her after I had put her to bed, I looked up from what I was reading. Ender peered in through the doorway, antennae twisting nervously around themselves.

"Why do you ask little one?" Standing, I walked over and knelt in front of her, pulling the door open the front of the way. Ender yawned, reaching an arm up to rub a tired eye. Beside her, Eclipse stretched, rubbing against Ender like a little cat. Ender rested her tail across the little dragon's shoulders, thinking.

Finally, she said "'cause I never seen it before. It's in the stories sometimes, but I wanna see it. Misty wasn't very good at explaining it."

"Alright little one." I murmured, sweeping her up in my arms, her pet jumping upwards to perch across my shoulders. "But it will have to be when you wake up. You know how you are when you don't get enough sleep. Drowsily, she nodded, the warmth of my arms and the gentle motion of my walking putting her to sleep. Carefully, I walked to her room, tucking her under the blankets and leaving Eclipse snuggled next to her.

"Sleep well little one." I whispered, leaving the door open slightly in case she needed me. *You need to sleep now too.* said Illusion.

"I know." I said softly "But there's something I have to do first.

Ender's POV

*Ender, wakey wakey.* Mist sent, prodding me mentally.

Hmm, wha? I groaned, stretching my wings slightly. Blinking my eyes open, I winced at the bright torchlight blinding me. "Why'd you wake me up?" I murmured, pulling my blanket over my head.

*Because Illusion told me to wake you up.* she said *He says that Shadow wanted to see you.*

"Alright, I'll go see him in a minute." I sighed, running a hand across Eclipse's back spines. Stretching, I slipped off the bed, the chill of the stone floors leeching into my body. "Where is Shadow?" I asked Mist, padding from the room.

She was silent for a moment before saying *Just outside I think.* I nodded in acknowledgment, walking quickly to the kitchen while carefully avoiding the gaze of the Endermen meandering through the hallways.

*Where are you going?* Mist asked *There's a closer door to outside by our room.*

"I'm hungry." I said "And Shadow can wait till I eat something." Reaching the kitchen, I grabbed one of the chairs, pulling it over to rest beside the counter. Climbing up carefully I pulled myself onto the seat, standing and reaching for the cupboard where Shadow kept the bread. Usually I would have something more substantial to eat, but Shadow had forbidden me from using the furnace.

*Why are you still upset about that?* asked Mist *He found you in the kitchen in the middle of the night trying to make chicken.*

I'd seen him do it before, I thought I could do it.

*Yeah, well he was just worried about you.* said Mist *Its not every kid that tries to so things like that.*

Well I wouldn't know would I? I've never met anyone else my age. Standing on my tiptoes, I reached up towards the top shelf, irritated at Shadow for keeping it up so high. "Just a bit further." I strained, reaching towards the container of bread. In hopes of reaching the last little distance I lifted my other hand from the counter-top, straining towards the box.

My eyes widened as I felt the chair slip out from under me, leaving nothing between me and the floor except several feet of empty space. I tried to grab the cupboard, the counter, anything as I fell, but all I succeeded in doing was ramming my face into the counter-top. With an enormous crash I hit the floor, the already unstable chair falling on top of my already injured form. A groan of pain came from my mouth, followed by shaking sobs as the adrenalin left my system, leaving me in pain on the floor.

*Ender, are you alright?* cried Mist. When I didn't respond, too caught up in the pain to do so, she sent frantically *Illusion, we need help! Something happened, and it's bad.*

*We're coming.* sent Illusion, picking up on the distress in Mist's tone. A moment later, Shadow raced into the room, eyes wide as he frantically looked for me. Spotting me, he hurried over, lifting the chair off carefully and crouching next to my shuddering form.

"What happened?" he asked, gaze flicking up and down "Did one of the Endermen attack you?"

"No." I sniffed, spitting drops of blood from my mouth.

"Come here." he said, drawing me close. I winced as the movement shifted me, but the worst pain came from one of my wings. I had fallen directly on it and it now bent at an unnatural angle. Shadow winced as he saw it, carefully running a hand along it to judge what was wrong. "Lets get you cleaned up." he murmured, standing with me held close. The movement of hi body, usually enough to put me to sleep, only served to jostle my wounds. Closing my eyes, I wished that the pain would just go away.

Shadow's POV

I felt Ender's magic shift and I looked down in concern, worried that she had some more serious injury that I had overlooked.

Mist, tell me if she's getting worse. I sent, running towards the potions lab where I had been making a couple extra batches of potions for cases like this. Normal potions didn't always work right on Enderkind, and the special ones that did took ages to brew.

Reaching the lab, I shoved the door inwards, laying Ender on an empty table. Grabbing a bottle of water and a potion I set about diluting the healing brew. It was far too strong in its current state for her to handle. The book I got the recipe from cautioned against even fully grown Enderlords drinking the potion undiluted except in extreme circumstances.

With the potion now properly diluted I turned my attention back to Ender. Her major injuries seemed to be a broken wing and a split lip, though numerous other bruises and scratches had become visible. "Mist, what happened to her?" I asked, standing beside the wounded child "All I asked was for her to come and see me."

*Well I told her that.* said Mist *But she was hungry and insisted on going to get something to eat. One thing led to another and she slipped off a chair she was using to try and reach a high shelf. I'm sorry, I should have stopped her before anything happened.*
"It's alright." I said, looking down at Ender's injured form "It's nothing that won't heal." Shaking her shoulder gently I whispered "Ender, you need to wake up now." She woke slowly, eyes fluttering open as the adjusted to the light. She shifted and abruptly one arm reached for her broken wing, seeking out the source of the pain.

"Easy." I soothed, holding her arm down "It's alright. We're going to make it all better." Carefully I helped her to sit up, handing her the diluted potion. She drank it hesitantly, wrinkling her nose at the taste but not complaining. Her split lip healed almost at once, along with the smaller scrapes. Her wing on the other hand, would take longer. Carefully I felt along it, feeling that the break had been partially mended. It would take weeks though before it had healed enough to practice flying again.

"Feel better?" I asked, handing her a cloth to wipe the blood off her face. She nodded, eyes downcast. "It's alright." I said, knowing from her expression what she was worried about "I'm not mad. But if you're feeling up to it, I do have something to show you." She nodded hesitantly and I picked her up, setting her on my shoulders and holding her gently on with my antennae, hopefully preventing another fall. Carefully, to keep from upsetting my passenger, I walked to the room I had prepared. "I hope you like it." I said simply, lifting her off my shoulders and pushing the door open, gesturing for her to enter.

Hesitantly, she went in, arms wrapped around herself as a frigid gust of air blew from the room, bringing with it a dusting of tiny ice crystals. Beyond the threshold stood a winter landscape, skeletal trees decorated with fine tracings of frost and numerous banks of glistening fresh white snow piled around, forming a boarder along several shoveled paths. Ender entered nervously, eyes widening and hands outstretched to catch a falling flake. She stared at it, mesmerized by its shape before it melted in her warm hands, leaving behind a watery stain that made her wince.

"What is it?" she asked, turning bright green eyes to look at me for an explanation.

"It's snow." I said, carefully entering the room. True to its description though, the shield spell I had cast kept the flakes from landing on me and stealing mt power, directing them to fall to either side.

"This is snow?" asked Ender, catching another freezing flake "Then why does it hurt me?"

"It's frozen water little one." I said "When it melts, it does what water always does. Go look in that chest over there though. I put some stuff in it that should keep you warm and keep it from melting on you."

Ender nodded, rushing over to peer into the chest. Smiling, I watched her go, slipping on the winter garments and exploring the little snow filled glade I had constructed. After a while, she ran over, cheeks red from the cold and wrapped her arms around my legs.

"I love you Shadow." she said, voice muffled by my legs.

"I love you too Ender." I said, reaching down to pick her up and hold her close. "And I'm glad you like the snow."